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"MER-MOVIE-MAID" OPPOSES "EXTREME"
BATHING SUITS
THIS IS TOO BAD
Trott Well, my dear, did you en
Joy your shopping trip today?
Mrs. Trott No, I didn't. I found
exactly what I wanted in the very
first Btore I entered. Louisville Her
ald. "
Miss Signe Auen in Her Propefl
Bathing Suit
Los Angeles. Signe Auen, the
Griffith star, who jumped from first
week extra to first place lead in a
month, declares any girl may have
beauty or form and clearness of com
plexion if shell just swim.
Miss Auen is not an extremist. She
won't dress in the new, daring water
suits.
"I like to dress so there is some
semblance of grace in the costume,"
she says.
Miss Auen, who hails from the Nor
wegian peninsula, is as much as home
in the water as a mermaid. Around
the studio she is called "mer-movie-ihaid,"
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